Author: morphmantheclown

The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance just hit Netflix and I binge-watched it all. Then I re-watched the original film, just to see if I could spot the differences. After watching both, I can say that they are both masterpieces. However, there are certain things the film did better,…

Epic Games made a surprise announcement this week that they started a mega sale, and they were paying for it. All games over $14.99 would get a $10 discount. The problem is that evidence points to them not telling the publishers this. According to PC Gamer, we saw two games…

It’s massive, spanning twice the solar system, yet it’s so tiny it required never-before seen levels of artificial intelligence to map out and 8 entire observatories to picture. It’s a black hole in the centre of a nearby galaxy. Designated Messier 87, M87 for short, the black hole is located…

The artificial assistant has been around for some time now, since the mid-90’s Clippy for Microsoft Office. Today’s version is much more intelligent, and we helped it get there. Today we see them everywhere, as in-store assistants, as sales representatives and even as medical helplines. The chatbot has become so…

I am writing this just moment after learning of Stefán’s passing from years of fighting cancer, so emotions may be at play here. I apologize if that becomes too apparent in this article. As you may know from previous articles, I am an avid fan of remix culture and has extensive…

Late last night I was hit with the news that InWorldz has ended up in financial trouble and will close on Friday. Today Beth made an update to her original post. By popular demand she has set up a GoFundMe campaign to save the 10 year old virtual world. For…

In what Linden Lab calls 15 updates for the 15th Birthday, they announced many things we oldies find familiar. Among the new things like real-world adjustments to the Day-&-Night Cycle and better filters for the Marketplace you’ll find things like themed Tutorial Islands that new players will start at. For…

Linden Lab released a public version of Project Sansar some time ago and now they’ve teamed up with Marvelous Designer to try and recruit talented content creators from Second Life. Project Sansar works a lot like Second Life and Linden Lab has made sure that from a designer standpoint, there…

It is finally here, the show I’ve been waiting for. Star Trek: Discovery hit Netflix about 2 hours before I started writing this, and I’ve now seen the 2-parter pilot. But should you? Short answer: YES! But let’s go with the longer answer as well, just so it feels more…

(This article is co-written by Morphman and Wil Morris) Well it’s been a few interesting days for internet cock-ups. The long ‘DaddyOFive’ case ended with them taking “Alford pleas to two counts of child neglect”, US conservative Republican Ted Cruz ended up in confused waters on Twitter because of a…